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Regular Season Record: 38W-28L-12T-4OTL (.561)--92 points
205GF 182GA Finish: 9th Western Conference (15th overall)--out of playoffs
Regular Season
Player Position Games Goals Assists Points
1 Comrie, Mike F 82 33 27 60
2 Carter, Anson F 82 28 32 60
3 Smyth, Ryan F 61 15 35 50
4 Niinimaa, Janne D 81 5 39 44
5 Hecht, Jochen F 82 16 24 40
6 Marchant, Todd F 82 12 22 34
7 Cleary, Daniel F 65 10 19 29
8 Brewer, Eric D 81 7 18 25
9 Grier, Mike F 82 8 17 25
10 Murray, Rem F 69 7 17 24
11 Horcoff, Shawn F 61 8 14 22
12 Laraque, Georges F 80 5 14 19
13 Smith, Jason D 74 5 13 18
14 Poti, Tom D 55 1 16 17
15 Moreau, Ethan F 80 11 5 16
16 Green, Josh F 61 10 5 15
17 Reasoner, Marty F 52 6 5 11
18 Brown, Sean D 61 6 4 10
19 Staios, Steve D 73 5 5 10
20 Pittis, Dominic F 22 0 6 6
21 Ferguson, Scott D 50 3 2 5
22 York, Mike F 12 2 2 4
23 Swanson, Brian F 8 1 1 2
24 Chimera, Jason F 3 1 0 1
25 Rita, Jani F 1 0 0 0
26 Pisa, Ales D 2 0 0 0
27 Butenschon, Sven D 14 0 0 0
Goalies
Goalie Games Min GAA SV % W-L-T
1 Salo, Tommy 69 4035 2.22 0.913 30-28-10
2 Markkanen, Jussi 14 784 1.84 0.929 6-4-2
3 Conklin, Ty 4 148 1.62 0.939 2-0-0
Transactions
April 16, 2001
• Signed Ty Conklin as free agent.
May 29, 2001
• Signed Marc-Andre Bergeron as free agent.
June 23, 2001
• 2001 NHL entry draft (rounds 1-3)—Oilers selected Ales Hemsky (13) and Doug Lynch (43).
June 24, 2001
• 2001 NHL entry draft (rounds 4-9)—Oilers selected Jussi Markkanen (133), Kari Haakana (248), and Ales Pisa (272).
June 29, 2001
• Sergei Zholtok traded to Minnesota for 7th round pick in 2002 (Jean-Francois Dufort*).
July 1, 2001
• Michel Riesen and Doug Weight traded to St. Louis for Jochen Hecht, Jan Horacek*, and Marty Reasoner.
• Igor Ulanov signed as free agent by NY Rangers—Oilers receive compensatory 4th round pick from league in 2002 (Robin Kovar*).
July 2, 2001
• Brett Hauer signed as free agent by Los Angeles.
July 12, 2001
• Signed Steve Staios (formerly with Atlanta) as free agent.
March 19, 2002
• Sean Brown traded to Boston for Bobby Allen.
• Rem Murray and Tom Poti traded to NY Rangers for Mike York and 4th round pick in 2002 (Ivan Koltsov*).
This season would of course begin in the shadow of 9/11, but since the tragedy happened in the pre-season, the schedule was largely unaffected. The Oilers would introduce a third jersey this year—the famous McFarlane design that some liked (not me particularly).
The biggest event from an Oiler standpoint in the offseason was the loss of their heart and soul leader for the past 8 seasons in Doug Weight. Like Joseph, Guerin, and Hamrlik before, Weight’s contract was up and the Oilers simply couldn’t afford the 6 million he was commanding on the market, so they dealt him to St. Louis for three forwards of much lesser quality. This was obviously a huge loss, as they didn’t have anyone who could come close to replacing his offense, and they would have to adjust accordingly. In other off-season moves, they let Ulanov go as a free agent, and replaced him by signing veteran Steve Staios. They also got a couple of new goalies in Ty Conklin (free agent) and Jussi Markkanen that would both see some time with the team this year.
The Oiler goaltending was fantastic this season. Salo played 69 games and had top ten numbers with a .913 sv% and 2.22 GAA. His backups numbers were even better: Conklin backed up for the about the first six weeks before Markkanen took over the job for the remainder of the season. The 182 goals against was by far the lowest in team history (again maybe asterix this for being in the dead puck era). One noteable thing that happened to Salo had nothing to do with the Oilers--Salo was in net for the Swedes during the Olympics when in the quarter finals he let a shot from center bounce off his mask and into the net, causing the Swedes to lose to lowly Belarus. Some have said that he never fully recovered from this gaffe, but I don't specifically remember his Oiler play faltering in 2002.
The core group on defense was back, with Niinimaa again being the offensive catalyst with 44 points, followed by Brewer with 25. Tom Poti would play 55 games with the team before being dealt at the deadline for offensive forward Mike York. Smith (the newly minted captain after Weight’s departure) and new-boy Staios were solid in the shutdown department, while Brown (also dealt at the deadline) and Ferguson rounded out the top 7.
Without Weight, the remaining forwards would have to try to pick up the offensive slack. Mike Comrie made a huge leap in this department as he played the year as the number one centre and co-lead the team with 60 points. Carter matched that number, and Smyth was 10 behind with 50—he likely would have been up there with Comrie and Carter if he hadn’t missed 21 games with a broken leg. Jochen Hecht and Marty Reasoner had been acquired in the Weight deal—Hecht would play all 82 games and chip in with 40 points. Reasoner played 52 and would be a decent bottom half center for the team. The Marchant/Grier/Moreau trio was also back as an effective line (these three always inseparable to me during this period). The team hoped to get a bit of a boost on offense at the trade deadline with the acquisition of Mike York, but he managed only 4 points in his 12 games with the team. Rounding out the forwards we again had Cleary (having his best year with the team), Murray, Horcoff, and Laraque all returning and making contributions. Finally Josh Green, who had been the second player acquired for Hamrlik in 2000 finally made his debut (after missing the entire previous year with injury) and played 61 games in a fourth line role.
The Oilers came out of the gate well, and found themselves in first place in the Northwest division as late as mid-December. Then things started to go sour after an injury to Smyth and the team slumped to drop them out of a playoff spot. A late season surge helped get things back on track a bit and the team would finish the season with a record of 38-28-16—good for 92 points, just one less than the previous year. This was even two more than the hated Stars who had fallen from grace! The bad news—it put them in ninth place in the conference and out of the playoffs, just two back of the Canucks. This was the most points a non-playoff team had ever gotten in NHL history. It was bad luck for the Oilers that the Western Conference was relatively strong (their 92 points would have easily had them in the playoffs in the east).
But the team had whetherd the storm without Weight and hoped for better things the following year.
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50 seasons of Oilers hockey |
By: benv on Mon, 29 May 2023 11:06 |
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Season 1, 1972-73: The Alberta Oilers |
By: benv on Mon, 29 May 2023 13:20 |
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Season 2, 1973-74; Second verse, same as the first |
By: benv on Wed, 31 May 2023 15:08 |
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Season 3, 1974-75: Jacques Plante was an Oiler?! |
By: benv on Sat, 03 June 2023 01:55 |
Season 4, 1975-76: NORM!!! |
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By: Leia on Mon, 05 June 2023 22:59 |
Season 5, 1976-77; welcome Slats and Peter Puck |
By: benv on Tue, 06 June 2023 22:33 |
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By: Adam on Wed, 07 June 2023 09:53 |
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By: Adam on Sat, 10 June 2023 15:18 |
Season 6: 1977-78; Steady improvement |
By: benv on Thu, 08 June 2023 22:35 |
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By: benv on Fri, 09 June 2023 10:11 |
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Season 7, 1978-79; Well hello Mr. Gretzky |
By: benv on Wed, 14 June 2023 22:48 |
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Season 8 (NHL season 1), 1979-80: NHL Baby! |
By: benv on Fri, 16 June 2023 22:15 |
Season 9 (NHL season 2), 1980-81: All arrows up |
By: benv on Sun, 18 June 2023 16:44 |
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By: Adam on Mon, 19 June 2023 09:12 |
Season 10 (NHL 3), 1981-82: The Bubble Bursts |
By: benv on Wed, 21 June 2023 01:20 |
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By: Adam on Wed, 21 June 2023 10:10 |
Season 11 (NHL 4), 1982-83: Continued Improvement |
By: benv on Thu, 22 June 2023 17:40 |
Season 12 (NHL 5), 1983-84; Champions at last! |
By: benv on Sat, 24 June 2023 18:24 |
Season 13 (NHL 6), 1984-85; The greatest ever? |
By: benv on Tue, 27 June 2023 22:43 |
Season 14 (NHL 7); 1985-86: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! |
By: benv on Thu, 29 June 2023 00:05 |
Season 15 (NHL 8). 1986-87; Back on the Horse |
By: benv on Sun, 02 July 2023 00:58 |
Season 16 (NHL 9), 1987-88: The first cracks |
By: benv on Thu, 06 July 2023 22:44 |
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By: Adam on Fri, 07 July 2023 10:34 |
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By: benv on Fri, 07 July 2023 11:34 |
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Season 17 (NHL10) 1988-89: Whiskey.Tango.Foxtrot. |
By: benv on Wed, 12 July 2023 21:48 |
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By: Adam on Wed, 12 July 2023 23:53 |
Season 18 (NHL 11); 1989-90: Return to Glory |
By: benv on Sat, 15 July 2023 16:34 |
Season 19 (NHL 12); 1990-91: A noble attempt |
By: benv on Fri, 21 July 2023 23:09 |
Season 20 (NHL 13) 1991-92; Year of transistion |
By: benv on Sun, 23 July 2023 17:24 |
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By: Adam on Sun, 23 July 2023 23:03 |
Season 21 (NHL 14); 1992-93: The bottom falls out |
By: benv on Wed, 26 July 2023 15:35 |
Season 22 (NHL 15); 1993-94: Full on rebuild |
By: benv on Fri, 28 July 2023 20:31 |
Season 23 (NHL 16), 1994-95: At least it was short |
By: benv on Sun, 30 July 2023 17:31 |
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By: Steve on Thu, 03 August 2023 10:20 |
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By: Adam on Thu, 03 August 2023 13:47 |
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By: Adam on Thu, 03 August 2023 16:31 |
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By: Adam on Thu, 03 August 2023 17:53 |
Season 24 (NHL 17),1995-96: Enough with the losing |
By: benv on Thu, 03 August 2023 12:26 |
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By: Adam on Thu, 03 August 2023 13:53 |
Season 25 (NHL 18), 1996-97: Playoffs again! |
By: benv on Sat, 05 August 2023 00:26 |
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By: Adam on Tue, 08 August 2023 09:51 |
Season 26 (NHL 19), 1997-98: Bye bye Peter Puck |
By: benv on Sun, 06 August 2023 19:20 |
Season 27 (NHL 20); 1998-99: Bye Cujo; Hi Salo |
By: benv on Wed, 09 August 2023 17:39 |
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By: Adam on Thu, 10 August 2023 12:03 |
Season 28 (NHL 21), 1999-2000: More of the Same |
By: benv on Sun, 13 August 2023 22:38 |
Season 29 (NHL 22); 2000-01:New millennium, new GM |
By: benv on Wed, 16 August 2023 15:41 |
Season 30 (NHL 23), 2001-02: Weight Loss |
By: benv on Thu, 17 August 2023 15:47 |
Season 31 (NHL 24), 2002-03: Rebuild and Reload |
By: benv on Mon, 21 August 2023 20:04 |
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By: Steve on Tue, 22 August 2023 08:40 |
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Season 32 (NHL 25), 2003-04: Heritage Classic |
By: benv on Wed, 23 August 2023 15:05 |
Season 33 (NHL 26), 2005-06: The Surprise Cup Run |
By: benv on Tue, 29 August 2023 00:10 |
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By: Adam on Wed, 30 August 2023 12:56 |
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By: Adam on Wed, 30 August 2023 14:36 |
Season 34 (NHL 27); 2006-07: #$@&%* Pronger! |
By: benv on Tue, 29 August 2023 23:51 |
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By: Adam on Wed, 30 August 2023 16:55 |
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By: Adam on Wed, 30 August 2023 17:35 |
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By: oilfan94 on Thu, 31 August 2023 08:27 |
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By: Steve on Wed, 30 August 2023 10:57 |
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By: Adam on Mon, 11 September 2023 12:51 |
Season 35 (NHL 28), 2007-08: Reason for optimism? |
By: benv on Thu, 31 August 2023 19:00 |
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By: oilfan94 on Thu, 31 August 2023 22:18 |
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By: Adam on Thu, 31 August 2023 22:41 |
Season 36 (NHL 28); 2008-09: Shuffle the Chairs |
By: benv on Sat, 02 September 2023 22:47 |
Season 37, 2009-10: Rock Bottom |
By: benv on Fri, 08 September 2023 23:10 |
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By: Steve on Mon, 11 September 2023 09:52 |
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Season 38 (NHL 31); 2010-11: Year of H.O.P.E. |
By: benv on Sun, 10 September 2023 00:45 |
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Season 39 (NHL 32), 2011-12: Enter the Nuge |
By: benv on Thu, 14 September 2023 17:22 |
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By: Steve on Fri, 15 September 2023 15:09 |
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By: Adam on Mon, 18 September 2023 14:12 |
Season 40 (NHL 33); 2012-13:Short and not so Sweet |
By: benv on Mon, 18 September 2023 22:44 |
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By: Adam on Tue, 19 September 2023 01:57 |
Season 41 (NHL 34); 2013-14: Eakins' World |
By: benv on Thu, 21 September 2023 01:08 |
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By: Adam on Thu, 21 September 2023 10:39 |
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Season 42 (NHL 35), 2014-15: Misery continues |
By: benv on Thu, 28 September 2023 18:39 |
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By: Adam on Thu, 28 September 2023 21:59 |
Season 43 (NHL 36); 2015-16: 5-14-6-1 |
By: benv on Sat, 30 September 2023 22:19 |
Season 44 (NHL 37); 2016-17: Playoffs?! PLAYOFFS! |
By: benv on Fri, 06 October 2023 17:55 |
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By: Adam on Fri, 06 October 2023 22:10 |
Season 45 (NHL 38); 2017-18: A grim regression |
By: benv on Tue, 10 October 2023 23:30 |
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By: Adam on Fri, 13 October 2023 12:04 |
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Season 46 (NHL 39), 2018-19; A resounding thud |
By: benv on Tue, 17 October 2023 13:31 |
Season 47 (NHL 40); 2019-20: Covidus Interuptus |
By: benv on Wed, 15 November 2023 22:45 |
Season 48 (NHL 41); 2020-21; Life in a Bubble |
By: benv on Sun, 19 November 2023 01:37 |
Season 49 (NHL 42); 2021-22: Big steps forward |
By: benv on Sun, 26 November 2023 23:00 |
Season 50 (NHL 43); 2022-23: Powerplay mania |
By: benv on Tue, 28 November 2023 23:16 |
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